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Economics Test Study Guide

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Self-Interest   Drives people to get the best job they can, to get the most for their money, and to earn the most profit in the business  
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Imports   Goods and services produced in one country and bought by people in another country. They are not part of our GDP  
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Competition   Keeps prices in line with the costs of production  
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   A measure of the success of a nation;s economy  
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Scarcity   We cannot have everything we want  
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Free Enterprise   Within legal limits, individuals are free to open businesses and to produce and sell the goods and services of their choice  
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Natural Resources   Things that occur naturally in nature that make production possible  
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Exports   Goods and services produced in one country and sold to people in other countries. They are part of our GDP.  
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Surplus   The amount by which quantity supplied is higher than the quantity demanded  
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Trade-Off   You must give up something if you want to get something  
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Worker   Someone that owns a business or works fro someone else, helps produce goods and services, and performs mental and physical work  
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Law of Supply   The principle that suppliers will normally offer more for sale at higher prices and less for sale at lower prices  
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Consumer   Someone who decides what goods and services to buy, then spends money on goods and services, and uses the goods and services  
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Saver   Someone that gives up buying goods/services now to buy them in the future, does not spend all of their income, and sometimes stores money in banks and receives interest  
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Private Property   Individuals and private businesses, not the government, own most land and capital goods  
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Limited Government   At a minimum, government is needed to define and enforce property rights and to provide some goods and services, such as national defense, that are not provided efficiently by markets  
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Citizen   Someone who pays taxes, obey laws, acts responsibly, always votes, and stays informed about issues and candidates  
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Goods   Tangible items that result from production  
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Supplements   Products that can replace one another  
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Complements   Products that are used or consumed in combination with one another  
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Capital Resources   The man-made physical resources  
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Services   Nonphysical results of production and must be consumed as soon as they are produced  
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Economics   The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth  
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Human Resources   The work effort, both physical and mental, expended in production  
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Supply   The various quantities of a good or service that producers are willing to sell at all market prices  
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Demand   The desire, willingness, and ability to buy and good or service  
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Law of Demand   The principle that states that quantity demanded and price move in opposite directions  
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Productive Resources   An input  
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Decision-Maker   Someone who determines all options in situations, considers important factors about each option, and makes makes choices  
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Shortage   The amount by which quantity demanded is higher than the quantity supplied  
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Price   Measure the exchange value of one good or service compared to another  
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Utility   The pleasure, usefulness, and satisfaction people get from using a product  
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Opportunity Cost   Whatever you give up  
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Market   Exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services  
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Income   Payments people receive for selling or renting the productive resources they own  
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Profit   The money a business receives for its products or services over and above its cost  
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Human Capital   The knowledge, skills, health, and values individuals possess  
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  In a market economy, who/what sets prices  
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The freedom to make your own choices   What type of economy does the U.S. have today?  
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Scarcity   What is the basic economic problem?  
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Lower   What prices result in a shortage?  
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Rise   What prices result in a surplus?  
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The forces of supply and demand, not the government, determine prices.   System of markets and prices?  
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Ability to read, write, compute, play a sport, work in groups   Name one example of human capital that you have.  
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Practice to improve a skill you have, develop a new skill, finish high school, attend college   Name one way you can invest in a form of human capital that you have.  
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Sales Revenue-Cost of Production   How do you calculate profit?  
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Limited Government, Private Property, Free Enterprise, System of Markets and Prices, Competition, and Self-Interest   Name the 6 characteristics of a market economy.  
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Consumer Goods, Investment Goods, Government, Exports & Imports   Name the 4 components of GDP.  
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Price x Quantity Demand   How do you calculate sales revenue?  
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Apple, gold, wooden boards, truck, paper cup, bubble gum, television,   Name one example of a good.  
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Haircut, teaching students, collecting trash, fixing electrical wires, drycleaning, fixing a television   Name one example of a service.  
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They actually use GDP   How do economists measure the success of a country's economy?  
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ice cream & frozen yogurt, crayons & markers, bar soap & liquid soap   Name one example of supplements.  
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shampoo & conditioner, ice cream & ice cream cones, milk & chocolate syrup, hot gods & hot dog buns,baked potato & sour cream, roller blades & hockey sticks   Name one example of complements.  
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